NEWS #3
TO START IT OFF: HERE'S A GOOD CONCERT REVIEW FROM PATRICIA…THE WALLFLOWER CONCERT AT THE FILLMORE, SAN FRANSCICO, SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH, 1997
SONG ORDER:
ONE HEADLIGHT
ANGEL ON MY BIKE
ASHES TO ASHES
THREE MARLENAS
BLEEDERS
SUGARFOOT
6TH AVE. HEARTACHE
YOU'RE SO VAIN
JOSEPHINE
LAUGHING OUT LOUD
THE DIFFERENCE
TEARS OF A CLOWN
THE DIFFERENCE
RASPBERRY BERET
THE DIFFERENCE
TAKE A LOAD OFF ANNIE
PATRICIA GOT TO THE CONCERT AT 6:30 AND WAITED IN LINE FOR HALF AN HR. ON HER WAY FROM THE GARAGE TO THE LINE, SHE WAS FOLLOWING MIKE WARD. HE WAS WITH A GIRL AND IS A VERY PETITE MAN. THEN AS SHE WAS WALKING BY THE BUS TO GET TO THE LINE, THE DOOR OF THE BUS OPENED AND RAMI STEPPED OUT. HE WAS TALKING TO A GIRL FROM POLARA. PATRICIA WENT IN AND FOUND A TABLE ON THE SIDE, A MUCH BETTER VIEW THAN ON THE FLOOR. AFTER AN HOUR, POLARA CAME OUT AND PLAYED A LOUD, RAUCOUS SET. THE GUYS IN THE BAND WERE ALL CHUBBY AND EVEN PATRICIA MISTAKED ONE FOR A GIRL. NEXT, THE WALLFLOWERS CAME ON AND STARTED IT OFF WITH "ONE HEADLIGHT". THEY OMITTED THE WORD "WITH" IN THE REFRAIN. JAKE WAS WEARING HIS USUAL BLACK SUIT, WITH NO TIE, AND HIS BLACK KNOTTED NECKLACE. MICHAEL WARD WORE BASICALLY THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME NECKLACE. GREG AND MARIO ALSO WORE BLACK PANTS AND SHIRTS. RAMI HAD ON A GREY SPORTS JACKET, DARK VELVET BUTTON DOWN SHIRT, AND A HAT. NEXT, THEY PLAYED "ANGEL ON MY BIKE". THEN "ASHES TO ASHES". THERE WAS A PERSON VIDEOTAPING THE SHOW ILLEGALY AND AT ONE POINT JAKE SAID, "ALL YOU NEED IS A LITTLE PIECE OF BLACK TAPE TO COVER THAT UP" (REFERRING TO THE RED LIGHT ON THE CAMERA). "CAN WE GET SOME BLACK TAPE OUT HERE?" THEN SOMEONE HANDED HIM SOME AND HE GAVE IT TO THE CAMERAMAN. THEN JAKOB SAID THAT NOW NO ONE COULD SEE IT AND IT WOULDN'T BOTHER HIM ANYMORE. NEXT A BIG LAUGH AND SMILE. THEN THE BOYS PLAYED "THREE MARLENAS", THEN "BLEEDERS". AFTER THOSE SONGS, JAKOB SAID, "DID YOU HEAR ABOUT MY FINGER? I GOT IT CAUGHT IN A WINDOW TODAY". NEXT THEY PLAYED SUGARFOOT, AFTER WHICH JAKOB EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS FROM HIS FIRST ALBUM AND THAT HE'S EQUALLY PROUD OF BOTH ALBUMS. THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT IF THE AUDIENCE THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE BRIGHT IN THE SHOW, IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO BE FILMING FOR "MUSIC TELEVISION" AS JAKE SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT. HE SAID, "I HOPE YOUR MOM IS AS EXCITED TO SEE YOU ON MUSIC TELEVISION FOR THE FIRST TIME AS MINE WAS TO SEE ME". NEXT, "6TH AVE." AFTER WHICH E INTRODUCED MAGIC FINGERS, MIKE WARD, AND RAMI. MICHAEL WAS HAVING GUITAR PROBS. ALL THROUGH THE SHOW AND WAS SCRAMBLING AROUND. THEY CHANGED GUITARS A LOT. JAKOB THEN SAID HE WANTED TO QUIET THINGS DOWN AND ASKED FOR SUGGESTIONS. AFTER ALL THE CONFUSING SCREAMING, THE BAND PLAYED, "JOSEPHINE". NEXT, "GOD DON'T MAKE LONELY GIRLS". AFTERWARDS, JAKOB STARTED TALKING AGAIN, 0NLY TO SOME MAJOR FEED BACK. "MY O' MY, THAT WAS ME. SURPRISE SURPRISE". JAKE THEN WENT ON TO TELL HOW THEY HAD OPENED UP FOR TOM PETTY AT THE FILMORE A WHILE BACK. THE SECOND NIGHT WHEN JAKOB INTRODUCED HIM, HE SAID "LOOK, NOW WE HAVE HIS DRESSING ROOM." AS PATRICIA PUT IT, "THE PERFECT ANECDOTE TO INTRODUCE "LAUGHING OUT LOUD" WHICH THEY PLAYED NEXT. AT THIS POINT, RAMI WAS SMOKING A CIGAR AND PLAYING AT THE SAME TIME. HE DANCES AND MOVES AROUND A LOT, REALLY GETTING INTO IT! THEN THE LIGHTING CHANGED AND STARS APPEARED ON THE BACK CURTAINS. JAKOB SAID, "MAKE YOUR MAMA PROUD". HE THEN EXPLAINED ABOUT THE VIDEO THEY WERE MAKING AND KEPT SAYING "MUSIC TELEVISION" ONLY TO CORRECT HIMSELF LATER AND START SAYING "MTV". HE GOT THE CROWD PEPPED UP AND CALLED FOR A GOOD CROWD SHOT. THE LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON THE FANS AND AS THE MTV GUYS WEREN'T PREPARED, THEY HAD TO SCRAMBLE AROUND. THEN JAKOB SAID, "WHAT ABOUT A WALLFLOWER'S HOME VIDEO" AND MICHAEL WARD PULLED OUT A CAMCORDER AND STARTING SHOOTING THE BAND AND THE FANS. JAKOB STARTED WAVING WITH HIS GUITAR PICK IN HAND SO IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS WAVING AN OK SIGN. THEN THEY BUSTED OUT WITH "TEARS OF A CLOWN". JAKOB THEN INTRODUCED THE BAND MEMBERS AGAIN AND SAID IF YOU'RE LATE TO A SHOW, YOU HAVE TO DO A SOLO, WHICH WAS WHAT MARIO HAD TO DO. THERE WAS A BREAK TO SET UP VIDEO EQUIPMENT. THEN HE ASKED IF EVERYONE HAD SEEN THE "ONE HEADLIGHT" VIDEO, SAID THAT THEY PROBABLY HAD SEEN IT TOO MANY TIMES, "IT'S A QUALITY PROBLEM". BEFORE THEY STARTED FILMING, JAKOB TOLD THEM THEY WERE GOING TO LIP SYNC THE SONG, SO DON'T LAUGH. "WELCOME TO SHOW BIZ. LET'S MAKE A MINI MOVIE". THE MUSIC STARTED AND RAMI ATTACKED THE KEYBOARD. NEXT, "RASBERRY BERET". SOMETHING HAPPENED OFF TO THE SIDE AND JAKE SAID, "THOSE GUYS WERE FIGHTING OVER WHO'S HAVING THE BETTER TIME. I THINK I WIN THAT ONE. IF YOU EVER PUT TOGETHER A BAND, THERE IS NOTHING FUNNER THAN MAKING A VIDEO". JAKE SAID ONE MORE TAKE, THEN A GOOD SONG, THEN THEY WOULD LEAVE. LAST WAS "TAKE A LOAD OFF ANNIE". JAKOB WANTED TO REFLECT ON WHAT A GREAT SONG IT WAS SO IN THE MIDDLE THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. AS PATRICIA EXITED THE HALL, THERE WAS MIKE, TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE. SHE WENT UP TO HIM AND GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH ON HER COPY OF "HAMLET" AS HER AND HER FRIEND WERE READING IT WHILE LISTENING TO THEIR MUSIC AT THE SAME TIME. THEY BOTH PORTRAY UNIVERSAL THEMES…
BACKGROUND INFO:
THE WALLFLOWERS HAVE BEEN IN EXSISTENCE SINCE 1989! THEY WERE ON A 4-YR. HIATUS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ALBUMS AS THE BAND MEMBERS DRIFTED APART AND THE BOYS' WERE WITHOUT A RECORD LABEL. THROUGHOUT THAT TIME THEY TOURED WITH VARIOUS BANDS INCLUDING CHRIS ISSAK AND TOAD THE WET SPROCKET. JAKOB SAID HE WAS FRUSTRATED WHEN TOBI MILLER LEFT THE BAND AS THEY WERE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. TOBI IS MENTIONED AS AN ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN IN THE LINER NOTES OF THE NEW ALBUM. JAKOB ALSO HAS SAID THAT HE FEELS PUT-OUT WHEN PEOPLE REFER TO THE WALLFLOWERS AS AN OVER-NIGHT SUCCESS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. THEY USED TO PLAY GIGS AT CANTER'S DELI IN L.A., TWO DAYS A WEEK FOR ABOUT A YEAR, PLAYING SONGS FROM THEIR FIRST ALBUM. BACK THEN NOBODY WANTED TO TOUCH THEM BECAUSE OF RUMORS THAT THEY WERE DROPPED FROM THEIR LABEL FOR BEING "BAD BOYS" WHEN REALLY THEY ASKED TO BE RELEASED FROM THEIR CONTRACT WITH INTERSCOPE. ( COURTESY: AMEENA)
*DURING A CONCERT ONCE, SOMEONE THREW A BRA AT JAKOB AND HE SAID HE APPRECIATED THE "NICE GESTURE" BEFORE RETURING IT TO THE CROWD. (CHRYSTAL)
*LAURIE ATTENDED THE SEATTLE CONCERT AT THE MOORE, (MARCH 26). SHE MET A GIRL WHO KNEW GREG AND JAKOB IN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ALSO WENT TO THE SAME COLLEGE AS GRED. SHE SAID THAT JAKOB WAS ALWAYS REALLY QUIET, NOT STUCK UP, BUT KIND OF SHY. YOU'D NEVER KNOW FROM HIS STAGE PRESENCE BUT SOME FANS WHO HAVE MET HIM TEND TO AGREE. (COURTESY: LAURIE)
*IT'S RUMORED THAT VH1 IS GOING TO REPLAY THE HONORS SHOW ON SAT. MAY 3RD AT 10 P.M. SO KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. AND DON'T LET THOSE AWFUL T.V. GUIDE PEOPLE GET THE BEST OF YOU! (RIGHT SHARON?!)
SITINGS OF JAKOB:
*There is currently a picture of jakob in "in style", the may edition. It's just a small picture after the grammie's maybe but worth checking out if you're crazy for the guy.
*there is also a picture of jakob in the latest issue of "entertainment weekly". It's in the beginning of the magazine and jake is posing with rita wilson, aka, tom hank's wife. The caption reads:
"dreamy dylan cracks a smile for rita wilson".
It also says,
"even sombered faced jakob dylan thawed a little, gamely agreeing to speak to a 14 yr. Old wallflowe's fan via her party going dad's cell phone. She wasn't the only one impressed with the rock sex symbol of the moment. Said david spade of bob dylan's little boy: 'I think it's going to be safe to say that he's going to do all right with the girls tonight'." (COURTESY: SHARON)
INFO ON GREG!
GREG HAS PLAYED BASS ON SOME OF FIONA APPLE'S SONGS, ONE WITH JOE HENRY, AND PLAYED ALL THE BASS ON A BAND CALLED MAYPOLE'S FIRST ALBUM. THE LEAD GUITARIST OF MAYPOLE WAS THE ORGINAL WALLFLWOWER GUITARIST, TOBI MILLER. MAYPOLE'S FIRST ALBUM IS COMING OUT SOON.
BAND ATTIRE:
ACCORDING TO A SOURCE (?) JAKOB HAS WORN LOTS OF DIFFERENT ARMANI SUITS AND OWNS AT LEAST THREE OF THEM! THE BLUE POLKA-DOTTED SHIRT IS REPORTEDLY GREG'S WHICH HE WEARS QUITE OFTEN. HE'S BEEN WEARING SOME YELLOW-TINTED GLASSES LATELY BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVING HIM A HARD TIME ABOUT THEM SO HE MAY BE GIVING THEM UP.
GENEAL STUFF:
THERE ARE TWO OTHER BANDS WHO SHARE THE "WALLFLOWER" NAME. ONE IS A U.K. BAND JUST CALLED "WALLFLOWERS". ANOTHER IS "MELLODRAMATIC WALLFLOWERS", WHICH IS A 4-MEMBER ROCK, POP BAND.
REPORTEDLY, THE WALLFLOWERS ARE OPENING UP FOR THE COUNTING CROWES ON THEIR SUMMER TOUR THIS YEAR!
(GOT ANY MORE INFO. ON THAT SANDI??) (COURTESY: SHARON)
THERE'S A FREAKY PAGE YOU NOT-SO SENSITIVE FANS SHOULD CHECK OUT:
JAKOB DYLANOLOGY
IT'S A PAGE THAT ANALYSES JAKOB'S SONGS SAYING THAT HE'S ON HEROIN ETC. IT EVEN GOES AS FAR TO SAY THAT THE SONG, "6TH AVE. HEARTACHE" IS A COMPARISON TO HOW JAKOB FELT ABOUT HIS FATHER AND HIS CAREER. WE ALL KNOW THIS IS CRAP SO E-MAIL THIS GUY AND TELL HIM WHAT A JERK HE IS…
SURVEY: (COURTESY: SHARON)
WHAT DOES EVERYONE THINK JAKOB'S NATIONALITY IS? JEWISH IS NOT A CORRECT ANSWER AS THAT'S A RELIGION. EITHER IS AMERICAN!!! ALL OF YOU HAVE TO ANSWER THIS TIME!
AND FOR THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK: WHERE WAS JAKOB BORN?
ALLRIGHTY THEN…THAT'S ALL FOR NOW! THANKYOU TO EVERYONE WHO SENT IN ALL THIS GREAT INFO! KEEP THE CONCERT REVIEWS AND INFO. TID-BITS COMING! WE ALL LOVE TO HEAR THEM. COMMENTS, CRITISIMS, AND SUGGESTIONS ALWAYS OPENLY WELCOME. AND DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE COOLEST NEW WALLFLOWER WEBSITE:
THE WALLFLOWERS
THANKYOU AND GOODNIGHT!
PEACE-
BETH
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